NjNets15 wrote:For everyone thinking I'm just here to hate on Eminem.. He's my favorite artist. Thus I have high expectations for him. Part of these expectations include living up to the title of the album he has selected. I'm not saying I want him gay-bashing and women-hating in a high pitched voice on every track. I want good music. I want an album of all songs that leave me saying "Wow that was dope." and nothing more. So far we have 4 songs and I'm sure that no one here had that reaction to all 4 of them. Most of you probably didn't have that reaction to 3 of the 4. I will still listen to the whole album. I will still expect greatness from all of the tracks that we haven't heard yet. I will probably bitch about the tracks that don't live up to the standards I know Eminem can achieve. But I WILL respect and ENJOY THE SHIT OUT OF all of the songs that the album features that live up to what Eminem is capable of; good music.
Co-sign. I feel the same way, I feel like these tracks are GOOD-I have issues with each, i`ll probably skip Monster on the album unless it somehow fits into a concept-but they are all good tracks, yet I can`t help but feel Em is holding back. Like-I dunno know. Like he has these flashes of really good creativity or nice lines that are like a step back in time and I feel like "this is it, lid to the can of whoop ass just twist me off-he`s about to twist it off now" but then he u-turns and says something like "atchoo then A-CHIEVE!"

I can`t place it. Rap God he certainly wasn`t holding back, but like I said in another post, it suffered musically from all the different flows, and the beat was pretty good but I wasn`t thrilled for it. It feels like he has these really great moments on tracks, but he just can`t sustain it. I feel like I`m not explaining myself well, but its hard to put in words. This track had awesome verses from Em, but the chorus was too upbeat-it should have been darker. It didn`t fit the theme. Rihanna sounded too happy about being friends with the monster-the acoustic guitar and how Rihanna projected herself didn`t fit. Anyway, maybe I just need more time for this-I`ll give it more time. I still have high hopes for the album, but after this track, I`m going to try to lower my expectations a little-I think they might have been a little too high

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"I like happy things, I`m really calm and peaceful-oh uh huh
I like birds, bees, I like people I like funny things, that make me happy and gleeful/ Like when my teacher sucked my wee wee in preschool! The ill type, stab myself with a steel spike, while I blow my brain out
Just to see what it feels like"